German Open Championship 2006

Date

Friday April 21 and Saturday April 22, 2006

City

Gütersloh, Germany

Venue

Friday night: Jugendgästehaus Gütersloh
Saturday: German Cube Day venue only announced to registered competitors.

Registration

Online registration form

Time

Friday: 19:30 - 23:00
Saturday: 09:30 - 16:45 (Venue open around 9:00am.)

Latest news

  • April 22, 2006 Joël van Noort won the German Open Championship 2006. Check out the full results.
  • April 18, 2006 Updated the time schedule. Changed some formats of the events.
  • April 10, 2006 Registration is closed. All registered competitors received an update via e-mail.
  • March 29, 2006 Because one person had to cancel his registration we have 1 free place left!
  • March 25, 2006 Registration is closed! We have 50 competitors now. Only in special cases will we allow more competitors, courtesy of the organiser.
  • March 24, 2006 We already have 48 competitors registered. Only 2 places left! Registration is open until April 1! On Friday night we have 46 people staying at the youth hostel!
  • February 28, 2006 We already have 36 competitors registered. Make sure you register early, because we will limit the number of competitors to 50!

Organisation

The German Open 2006 will be organised by Speedcubing.com together with World Cube Association and volunteers.
During the championship the official WCA regulations will be applied.
Results of the championship will be added to the official WCA World Ranking.

The championship will be held during German Cube Day 2006, a big international gathering of puzzle fans, which includes a puzzle market and some lectures. Pictures of previous editions can be found via the Events page.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact organiser Ron van Bruchem.

All competitors must be registered before April 1, 2006.
Before the competition starts all competitors can practice on the official timing equipment: the Stackmat timer.
All puzzle brands may be used during the competition, as long as the puzzles comply to the WCA regulations.

All competitors must be available for scrambling and judging. Before the competition the organiser will inform you about the plans.

Events

Friday night: 2x2x2, Square-1, Megaminx, Clock, Master Magic and 3x3x3 One-handed.
Saturday: 3x3x3, 4x4x4, 5x5x5, 3x3x3 Blindfolded, Magic, 3x3x3 With feet.
We are focusing on having a good competition, but also having some spare time to be able to walk around, talk and buy/sell/trade puzzles.

Provisional time schedule


Friday night
EventRoundTime limit
(minutes)
Format#CompetitorsStart time
Registration    19:00
Rubik's Clockfinal1mean of 32219:30
Rubik's 2x2x2 Cubecombined final1
1
best of 2
average of 5
32
6
20:15
Square-1final3mean of 3621:00
Rubik's Master Magicfinal0:30average of 5921:30
Megaminxcombined final5
5
best of 1
mean of 3
9
3
21:45
Rubik's 3x3x3 Cube
one-handed
combined final2
1:30
best of 2
average of 5
18
6
22:15
Saturday
EventRoundTime limit
(minutes)
Format#CompetitorsStart time
Registration    09:00
Rubik's Magicfinal0:30average of 52609:30
Rubik's 3x3x3 Cubefirst round2average of 54609:50
Rubik's 5x5x5 Cubecombined final6
5
5
best of 1
best of 2
average of 5
21
10
6
11:50
Lunch    12:45
Rubik's 4x4x4 Cubecombined final4
3
3
best of 1
best of 2
average of 5
32
16
6
13:15
Rubik's 3x3x3 Cube
blindfolded
final20 for 2 solvesbest of 21814:30
Rubik's 3x3x3 Cube
with feet
final5best of 1516:00
Rubik's 3x3x3 Cubefinal2average 51216:15
Winner's Ceremony    16:50
Note:
  • In the events with a combined final, all competitors have at least one attempt. Immediately after that, the best competitors continue with more attempts, finally making an average of 5.
  • Geir Ugelstad will do a speed blindfolded solving event, where only the time of solving blindfolded counts.
  • Thomas Kohn and Milán Baticz will do a multiple blindfolded solving event, solving 4 or more cubes blindfolded.

Prizes

There will be some trophies to be divided among the category winners.

Competitors

The following competitors are currently registered for German Open 2006.
#NameCountry333222444555333bf333ohmgcmmgcclocksq1minx333ftaccomp.
1Ron van BruchemNetherlands11111 1 111 1
2Sean ConnollyUnited Kingdom1111  111 1 0
3Gunnar KrigSweden1111 11 1 110
4Stefan PochmannGermany11111111111 0
5Stijn van GilsBelgium111   1 1   0
6Sander HendrickxBelgium1 1 1 1 1   0
7Dan HarrisUnited Kingdom1111111 1 1 1
8Jaap ScherphuisNetherlands1     11    1
9Josef JelinekCzech Republic111   1111  0
10Ton DennenbroekNetherlands1111  1 1   1
11Petra UhlirovaCzech Republic1           0
12Geir UgelstadNorway11          1
13Hans van der ZijdenNetherlands1   11      0
14Thomas KohnGermany1   11      0
15Tobias DaneelsBelgium111  11 1   0
16Michel BechtatouGermany1111 11 1   0
17Ruben GeelsNetherlands1 1 1       0
18Erik AkkersdijkNetherlands1111 11 1 110
19Lars VandenberghBelgium11111   11  0
20Olivér NagyHungary1111 1111   0
21Heiko KohnGermany1 1 1       0
22Gábor SzabóHungary111 1 1     0
23Markus PirzerGermany1111 1111   0
24John Ismael UgelstadNorway11          0
25Arjan BosseNetherlands1 1         0
26Joël van NoortNetherlands111111   11 0
27Kĺre KrigSweden1111111 1 110
28Reiner ThomsenGermany11          0
29Milán BaticzHungary111111111   0
30Maarten StoelhorstNetherlands1 11    1   0
31Mitko ProdanovHungary111 111  1  0
32István KoczaHungary1111 1      0
33Norbert HantosHungary111   11    0
34Thomas BoßmannGermany1   1       0
35Gilles van den PeereboomBelgium1111111 1 1 0
36Alexander OomsNetherlands1111 1111   1
37Jimmy CollBelgium11  11      1
38Henrik Buus AagaardDenmark1111        1
39Kristine Buus AagaardDenmark11          1
40Constantin CeausuRomania    1       0
41Zsolt VinczeHungary1111  1     0
42Ádám FischerHungary11          0
43Oliver WolffGermany1 11  1    11
44Zoltán SchindlerHungary        1   0
45Daniel NiemannGermany1           1
46Maureen OomsNetherlands1     1 1   1
47Thomas ScheinpflugGermany1           0
48Róbert ÖrkényiHungary111   1     0
                
TOTAL 104632322118182692269412

German Cube Day 2006

German Cube Day is only open to preregistered visitors. One guest per competitor is reasonable. All guests must be registered!
Entrance fee for German Cube Day is 15 euro per person (10 euro for NKC members). This includes coffee/tea/cake, refreshments and lunch.
More information on German Cube Day 2006 will follow.

Hotel

A large group of competitors will be staying at Jugendgästehaus Gütersloh.
That is where we will also organise the Friday night events.
Competitors coming from abroad can contact Ron. Maybe we can help you with sharing rooms or travelling or whatever.